I showed the new coinbase wallet (beta) to someone who is not deeply entrenched in crypto.

Their reaction: 

So, it replaces 1) Facebook [IG, tiktok, X], 2) Apple Wallet, 3) Venmo, AND 4) the App Store? 😱 

And it takes care of all the wallet complexity? 😱 

And anyone will be able to access it and use it? 😱 

And users still have self custody over their funds? 😱 

Needless to say, they were impressed and could see how this becomes a massively adopted platform

Cohost of /gmfarcaster, a live stream Farcaster news show.  Engineer. Mom x 3.

Pretty much, yes

I still haven’t figured out how to transfer my smart wallet out of the beta, tho. No seed phrase, no passkey. I need to finish switching phones and this is the last step

Whatever your decentralized, borderless, neutral, censorship-resistant open blockchain question is, the answer is YES… to Crypto!